One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die - Kerouac
Teachers have no idea how much impact they have. I spent much of my teenage years wishing one of my teachers would adopt me, since things were pretty awful at home, and she made it worth coming to school every day.
In touch with her now and I cried when she told me she's proud.
The shape of the world and the children born in it will be determined by millions of supposedly ordinary people who choose to engage with difficult issues, grasp history, find their place in it, and act - Akala (abbr.) Natives. Thank you @akalamusic
“Wisdom and the hard lessons of life combine to grow you up. You realise the injustice of it all, you see that class and race conditioned your whole generation and that social mobility is largely a myth “ - Akala, Natives